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VERNON COUNTY CENSOR
O. G. Munson, Publisher.
VIROQUA, • • WISCONSIN.
THE AMERICAN BOY.
Is it at all strange that some of
the qualities and virtues which be
longed to our women in an older day
are now being transferred to the op
posite sex? Can we marvel at the
production of self-sacrificing Ameri
can boy, who goes to work as soon as
he has finished at the high school, or
even at the grammar school, and reg
ularly puts a share of his wages Into
the family fund that Is sending Edith
or Mabel to Vassar or Bryn MawrT
Certainly the living American boy of
eighteen or twenty measures well up
In the scale of merit with any young
ster that the world has yet produced,
says the New York Mall. We hear a
good deal of complaint about hla
cigarette smoking, and his rough
ways and Impertinence, and other de
fects; but If his dissipations were to
t>o compared with the hravy drink
ing and lawless propensities of the
smart youth of BO years ago, he would
be found to be ratht r a model of con
duct than otherwise. He is better,
net worse, that; his father was at the
same age. And he is more thorough
ly imbued with the notion that it is
his duty In life to be competent, and
strong, and productive, than any other
boy who ever looked out upon the
great world with eager eyes.
The official announcement that the
death rate in the United States last
year dropped to 15 per 1,000 of popu
lation Is indicative ef the increasing
nealthfulneas of the country W'lth the
single exception of Great Britain,
which surpasses this nation by a frac
tion, tbo United States now has the
lowest deatbrate of any country in the
world. While the decrease Is attribut
ed largely to the absence of grave
epidemics, the facts are highly credit
able and show that we are making not
able progress In everything pertaining
to hygiene. The crusades against the
“white plague" and other ailments
which have contributed greatly to the
mortality lists are evidences of effec
tive co-operation on tho part of bene
ficence and sanitary science.
It msy be that the young of
the west are turning eastward, where
more sodate habits prevail; and it
may also be that the young women of
tho east no longer have the samo de
sire to go west that they did when a
possible "Virginian” was waiting ai
every ranch to make romantic love to
visitors. The fact of the matter Is
that school-teachers are now very
much In demand all over the country,
says the St. I.ouls Times. The num
ber of schools and Instructors Is con
stantly Increasing, and there are posts
at home for those who like the work
of teaching, and who are properly
equipped for It.
American potatoes have won a nota
ble victory. For thirty-five years they
liave been barred out of France on
the ground that many of them were
affected by a disease that might con
taminate the French tubers. Asa
•natter o’ fact American potatoes are
about as healthy as any that are
grown. The French scientists, hav
fug investigated the matter thorough
ly. have concluded that there Is nc
goec ground for exclusion, and Ainer
Jean potatoes will be admitted freely
As the French potato crop is pool
*his year such action assures an itn
portaut addition to the food supply.
New Jersey Is moving for the con
struction of a ship canal across ths
state as a link in the proposed coastal
waterway between Boston and Florida
Thus anew field of endeavor Is likely
■to be opened for the euterprlslng New
Jersey mosquito.
That Frenchman who ascended in
an aeroplane to tho height of 9,121
feet and froze his carburetor should
be allowed to keep his altitude record
unbroken. Frost bites achieved in
high altitudes add nothing to the Joy
oi the human race.
A picture entitled "The Buth oi
Diana" has recently been sold fot
$200,000 Somehow, we can't help
feeling that If vvr were going to pay
$200,000 for a picture wo should wish
to get one that we could show to our
girl friends.
Scientists have recently discovered
that it Is hard to get back to work on
r.londay, but in many other respects
■the savants are quite i. reast of the
ft <nes.
Twelve dollars having been stolen
from a Georgia editor, let us have no
more Jokes about the lack of prosper
ity of southern Journalists.
If there are a great number of hens
of the Scranton, Pa., variety we can
expect the price of eggs to drop in a
few days.
When a town has only one barber
it might be well for a guardian to be
sent along Uh him when he leaves
the city.
We hear now of inoculation against
ordinary colds. The best Inoculation
against familiar hunger is. and will al
ways be. food.
A bluejacket's life In the time ol
r- ace will scon be compared with
ti.at of the football player for uncen
tainty.
And, anyway, we can’t see what dlf
ference the age of Mother Earth la
.going to make In the price of •’eat*’
REVEAL PLOT TO
KILL MEXICANS
Conspiracy to Assassinate Prom
inent Officials Is Unfolded.
DIAZ WAS TO BE SPARED
Revolutionists Capture Many Impor
tant Places in Chihuahua and
Rich Nazas Valley as Up
rising Grows.
Mexico City. Documents found
in the house of a revolutionary
are said to have revealed a conspiracy
for the wholesale assassination of
prominent government officers. Inclu
ding Foreign Minister Creel, Vice-Pres
ident Corral and other prominent Mex
icans, among them Editor Spludola.
owner of Ei Imparolal.
Miguel S. Macedo, subsecretary of
the government, was also listed for
death. President Diaz was to be taken
but his life spared because of his past
services to the country.
The bodies of those killed were to
be suspended from electric light wires
In the streets. The building of El
linparclal was to have been destroyed
with dynamite.
Tho papers exposing the conspiracy
were discovered during a raid by the
police. Three employes of El Imparciui
had been furnished with the explosive
and were instructed to use It at the
first report of the uprising, which was
planned for last Sunday. The seizure
of the plans on the day upon which
they were to he executed is thought
to have had a great effect in beading
off the rebellion.
Important gains for the revolution
ists and severe fighting in which many
were killed or wounded attended the
rapid spread of the uprising which
now has assumed an aspect so serious
Francisco I. Vadero.
as to test to the utmost the strength
of the government of President Diaz.
The Insurgents captured several
j towns in Chihuahua and now control
a large territory in that state.
There has been severe fighting at
Accmibaro and I’arral, and the latter
city Is reported to be in the hands of
tho insurgents
Forty revolutionists. It is reported,
were put to death at Puebla
It Is said here that Franctsco J.
Madero, the revolutionary leader, has
entered Mexico with COO followers anJ
Is now near his home town of Coa
hulls.
Gen. Geronlmo Trevino, command
er of the military zone in which Mon
terey Is situated, has gone north at
the head of a strong body of troops
to meet him.
Three bodies of revolutionists at i
tacked the military barracks at or~ \-
ha and liberated aud armed *'lo 1 r ■
oners whom they freed from t e prs
on adjoining.
The Fifteenth Me* Irm Infantry
charged th rov. '• 'lon' fs rod drove
them back info U. woods after a hot
fight, "he number of casualties can
not he learn and.
During the fighting the Tenth in
fantry from Mexico City and the Six
teenth tnfantry from Vera Cruz
reached the scene.
War Munitions Cross Border.
Galveston, Tex The dispatch of
boat with 12 American and
Mexican officers aboard from the
mouth of the Rio Grande in quest of
schooners landing munitions of war on
the eastern coast of Mexico brought to
light the information that 6,000 guns
and over 300.000 rounds of ammunition
have been delivered at pcin*s from 40
to 75 miles nortli of Tampico.
In forty cities and towns in western
•nd southwestern Texas Mexicans
have been drilling for three months
under direction of the revolutionary
lunta Sworn to secrecy, the men were
organized as Mexican benevolent soei
■tios and as such met ..nd were trained
in the manual of arms, marching and
the use of firearms.
Kills Wife Who Sued Him.
Detroit. Minn—-Henry Hauer, a
farmer living near here, shot and
killed his wife Tuesday nrul then com
nutted suicide with the same weapon.
Family troubles were said to have
been the cause.
End New Mexico Charter.
Santa Ee. N. M -The New Mexico
constitutional convention adlourned
Tuesday. Ail but seven Democrats
signed the constitution and ail but 19
voted for it The 71 Republicans voted
for it and signed It.
Airship Defeats Motor Car.
Philadelphia. Claude Grahame-
White, the aviator, raced a motor car
In hts Blerlot machine on Monday and
won easily. The distance was seven
miles, and the aeroplane's time was
7:46.
Bobbers Overpower a Doctor,
t Norfolk. Va.—Two young men en
tered the office of Dr I. R Firey Mon
day and at the point of a pistol
bound him hand and foot to a chair
After taking ail the money in the of
fice the men hastened away
DOCTOR CRIPPEN PAYS THE
PENALTY OF HIS CRIME
M-jrderer of Belle Elmore Executed In
the Court Yard of Lon
don Prison.
London.—Dr. Hawley H. Crippen,
who killed his wife. Belle Elmore
Crippen, tin American music ball
singer, pain the penalty for his
crime on the gallows at 8:20 o'clock
Wednesday morning within the
gloomy walls of Pentonville prison.
The official hangman of Eng
land pulled the trap that sent Crip
pen into eternity. The prisoner, to all
outward appearances, seemed resigned
to his fate and walked bravely to his
doom. Eighteen minutes after the trap
fell the Jury of four physicians pro
nounced him dead. Ills neck bad been
broken.
It was In Philadelphia that Dr. Har
vey Hawley Crippen, a widower, met
the prepossessing music hall singer,
Cora Makomeski of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
known to the public as Belle Elmore,
and pressed his suit to such advantage
that they were married.
In 1905 the doctor and his bride
moved to England, where he took a
house at 39 Hilidrop crescent. North
London. They continued to live at
the Hilidrop crescent residence until
the advent, of Miss Ethel Clare Le
Neve, who was employed as the doc
tor’s stenographer early in the year
of 1908.
The doctor’s friendship for Miss
Le Neve aroused the suspicions of
his wife. Numerous quarrels are re
ported by the neighbors, Increasing
In frequency and violence until Febru
ary, 1910, when Belle Elmore mysteri
ously disappeared
The doctor early in February ad
vertised his wife's death in American
theatrical papers as taking place in
London, while he told the former
actress' many London friends that Bhe
had passed away while on a visit to
the west, trusting to public indiffor
enc>, to hide the falsehood.
On July 20 the steame- Montrose
puffed slowly out of Antwerp changed
her course and stood out for Quebec.
Among the few passengers were Rev.
Mr. Robinson r.nd the clerical gentle
man’s son, a slight and rather effem
inate looking youth, wno occupied a
stateroom with his father. Rev. Mr.
Robinson was a very reticent cleric.
The prisoners were taken back to
England, where they were brought to
trial In the Old Bailey court, Crippen
charged with the murder and Ethel
Clare Le Neve as an accessory after
the fact.
His companion, Miss Le Neve, waa
exonerated of complicity in the crime
and allowed to go free.
PUTS BLAME ON HOMESTEADERS.
Secretary Wilson Seva They Help
Make High Prices.
Ch'.-ago.—Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson blamed the homesteader of
the West In part for the present high
cost of living, in an address at the
opening here of the United Land and
Irrigation exposition.
“The homesteader,” he said, "Is re
ducing the f.eld of operations of the
ranchman, which is reducing the meat
harvest of toe west and becoming
quite a factor in the cost of living.”
Other causes, he said, were the
great Immigration to this country and
the movement to the cities. The re
cent tumble In prices of meat he at
tributed to drought In tho range coun
try and to the big corn aud oats crops.
STEAMER IS RAMMED AND SINKS.
Ships Collide In Fog—All on Board,
Except Two, Saved.
San Francisco.—The Norwegian
tramp steamer Selja, slipping qui
etly and unheralded toward San
Francisco through the gray fog off
I‘otrt Reyes, was pierced 15 feet from
her bow by the steel prow of the big
<oa twise passenger steamer Beaver
and sent, in 20 minutes, to the bottom
of the sea.
Quick and heroic r.ctlon saved the
lives of all on board except two sail
ors who were In the shadow of safety
when a lifeboat overturned.
The Beaver was bound for Portland
with more than 100 passengers.
The Selja was coming in from
Yokohama with 47 souls aboard.
U. S. SAILORS RIOT IN FRANCE.
Clash With Gendarmes When They
Are Ejected From Cafe.
Cherbourg. France. Sailors at
: 'acted to tho second division of
the United States battleship fleet
j now in the harbor here, and gen
darmes clashed In the streets. Riot
ing continued for some time. Many
of the gendarmes and Bailors were
injured, none seriously.
Two hundred bluejackets on shore
leave isited a cafe In the city and
became disorderly. They were ex
pelled from the place and then, ac
cording to stories, began to stone the
building Gendarmes were called.
The sailors finally desisted and
reace once more reigned.
Wireless Across Continent.
Vallejo. Calc An exchange of wire
less messages between Key West.
Fla., and Norfolk, Va., was picked up
by Operator Bennish at fho Mare is
land navy #urd Tuesday. Every word
of a conversation between the two
operators on the Atlantic coast was
distinctly read.
1.000 Drowned: 400 Barks Lost.
Saigon, French Indo-l’hina One
i thousand persons were drowned and
: 400 barks were lost during floods in
| the province of Quangugai in Antiam,
Oldest Frisco Employe Dead.
K arise l City. Mo.—Exeklet T Cox.
the oldest employe of the St Uouts
j and San Francisco railroad, both in
; years and point of service, died her*,
i Saturday at the age of eighty one. He
] had worked for the railway IS
! years.
Tennessee Liquor Law Held Valid.
Knoxville, Tenn.—The state su
preme court Saturday held the four*
j mile liquor law enacted by the legis*
1 laiure of Tennessee In 1909 to be con*
i stKuUoaaL
SITE BOARD
FREES. FIFTEEN
Prisoners Are Granted Parole at
Reformatory.
ADDITION TO SANATORIUM
Extension Makes Room for About
Thirty More Patients —New Ar
tesian Well Completed at
Mendota Asylum.
Madison.—Members of the state
board of control returned from Green
Bay where they considered applica
tions for parole at the reformatory.
Fifteen inmates were granted con
ditional freedom.
Work on the addition to the tuber
culosis sanatorium at Wales has so
far progressed that the new part will
be ready for occupancy next month.
The extension makes room for about
thirty more patients but will not more
than accommodate those now wait
ing. There are now 110 patients in
the institution.
At the state hospital at Mendota a
new well has been completed and
will soon be equipped with machinery
to make better provision for fire pro
tection.
The well is 800 feet deep. The sup
ply is pure artesian water and be
sides being U3ed for fire protection
will furnish the regular domestic sup
ply. Water for fire protection here
tofore has been by a main coming
from Lake Mendota but it was not
satisfactory.
The board is about to submit pro
posals to receive bids on specifica
tions for anew powerhouse at the
Mendota Institution. Tho estimated
cost is about $3,500.
State Supreme Court.
In the supreme court the following
matters were heard and considered;
92. Slockney vs. Bell: Argued by
James A. Stone for appellant and by
J. T. Dittmore and D. H. Grady for
respondent.
94. Mlske et al. vs. Thorn: Sub
mitted on case and briefs.
96. Comstock vs. Boyle, et al.:
Argued by J. E. Messerschmldt for
appellant and by John J. Wood for
respondent.
97. Worbazak vs. Simmons, et al.:
Submitted on case and briefs.
99. Eggleton vs. Swartz et al.:
Argued by Pedrick and Maurice Mc-
Kenna for appellant and by John J.
Wood for respondent.
100. Price vs. Bank of Poynette,
et al.; Argued by J. A. Aylward for
a4peliant and by D. H. Grady for re
spondent.
205. Sly vs. Village of Kilbourn:
Argued by E. H. Ryan for appellant
and by E. A. Evans for respondent.
102. State vs. Kenosha Gas and
Electric company vs. Kenosha Elec
tric Railway company: Argued by
H. E. Spalding and T. W. Spence for
appellant and C. M. Rosecrantz, J.
D. Shaw and Russell Jackson for re
spondent.
File Campaign Accounts.
M. J. Cleary, Blanrhaidsville, un
successful candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for state Insurance
commissioner at the primary election,
filed a statement with the secretary
of state, declaring he spent $1,193 05
for campaign purposes. Of that
amount $504 was paid to newspapers.
Christian J. Melaas, Stoughton, un
successful candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for secretary of
state, spent $647.41, a large part of
■which went to newspapers.
Congressman Arthur W. Kopp,
Plattevllle, re-elected, spent $931.70
for primary and general campaigns.
He paid the Republican state central
committee and Republican county
committee of the Third district $525.
Castle Is State Agent.
Governor Davidson appointed Bryan
J. Castle, formerly state land agent
and recently temporary second assist
ant attorney general in place of the
late Frank T. Tucker, to be special
state agent to succeed L. M. Stu 1 Le
vant.
Mr. Castle enters at once upon the
duties of the office and will leave
soon for Washington to attend to
matters pending before the depart
ments and before congress when it
convenes. The salary of the new
position is $250 per month and ex
penses.
Benefit Fund for Waiters.
The Wisconsin Waiters' association,
which was organized about three
months ago, has grown rapidly, hav
ing at present a membership of about
140. The association has decided to
have a death benefit fund. Tho sum
of SIOO will be paid on the death of a
member. At a ball about SSOO was
rea’ized, which will be used towards
securing permanent club quarters for
the association
New Incorporations.
Tho following articles of Incorpora
tion were filed in the office of Secre
tary of State FYear:
B. I.oewenbach & Sons company.
Milwaukee: printing business: capital,
175,000: Incorporators. Hugo. Oscar
and George I.oewenbach and John
Julinn.
Congregation of St. Mary’s of
Mount Carmel. Racine: no capital
stock; Incorporators. Most Rev. Se
bastian C. Mesmer, Very Rev. Joseph
Rainer. Rev. August Bantixrone. Al
phonse Zivelli. Salvator Filpl
The Vermont Pleasure club. Mil
waukee: no capital; Incorporators.
Anton Rosolek. Jr.: Anton Rosolek,
Sr . and Frank Wloiir'k!
The Bob White Cigar company.
Humbolt, la.: capital Irvested in
Wisconsin, $1,040; representative in
Wisconsin. A G. Koeppe
The Shlocton Garden Hand com
pany. Shlocton. Outagamie county; an
amendment increasing i:s capital
from $250,000 to $500,000.
Murphy Boiler company, Milwau
kee: capital. $10,000; incorporators.
J. C. Murphy, A. J. Weldner, Samuel
A. Connell.
Workers’ Institute at Y. W. C. A.
Madison.—The first volunteer work
ers' institute ever held in Wisconsin
under the auspices of the Young
Women's Christian association opened
in the Y. W. C. A. building. 384 Jack
son street.
For the first time in the histoiy of
the Y. W. C. A. seven national de
partment secretaries gathered at a
state conference, and for the first
time in the history cf this state the
surrounding Y. W. C. A. organizations
are to send delegates to this city to
confer upon methods of co-operation
in the association work.
Delegations arrived from Madison.
Racine, Beaver Dam and La Crosse,
to remain until the close of the In
stitute.
Some of the important questions to
be discussed will be how best to pro
vide recreative and social work, and
the best means of continuing indus
trial work. The industrial depart
ments which send representatives
into the shops and factories to inter
est the girl employes at noon or after
work at night, have made remarkable
progress In the past few months.
The department Is comparatively
new and is considered one of the
most important In the association
work.
One of the Interesting features of
the Institute will be tbe woman’s
mass meeting in the association
building. It will be addressed by Dr.
Anna L. Brown, national secretary
of the department of physical educa
tion. and by Miss Louisa Holmquist.
Doctor Brown has made a reputa
for herself among Y. V. C. A. work
ers by her Introduction of the Ideas
of special training of girl workers In
the care of their health in respect to
their work. She believes that each
girl should receive special instruction,
of this kind, as her health needs dif
ferent consideration If she is doing
sedentary work than if she is much
upon her feet; if she is in an unven
tilated work room or if she Is out of
doors. She is also an exponent of
the movement for the dissemination
of a wider knowledge among young
girls of their physlctl bodies and the
functions of the different organs.
This she believes necessary If tbo
social evil Is to be stamped out.
Increase In Pay Voted Down.
Returns from 53 counties show
that the vote on the proposal to
amend the constitution by Increasing
the pay of legislators from SSOO to
SI,OOO was defeated by more than two
to one, the exact vote In the counties
reporting being:
Against 48,669
For 21,847
Majority against 26,822
The vote on the proposal to do
away with the state census also wad
lost on the vote so far returned, the
vote in the 53 counties being:
For 31,231
Against 32,618
The amendment relating to Internal
Improvements probably has carried by
a good majority.
The official return* from seven
senatorial districts filed in the office
of Secretary of State Frear give the
following results:
Third District —Isaac T. Bishop,
5,319; Samuel S. Walkup, 1,453; Wil
liam Hunsche, 156; Bishop's plurality,
3,866,
Ninth District —Edward Kileen,
5,333; Thomas 11. Patterson, 2,861;
C. A. Bowman, 669; Klleen’s plurality,
2,472.
Twenty-first District —Edward E.
Browne, 4,866; T. H. Hanna, 1,799;
Frank Lear, 411; Browne's plurality,
3.076.
Twenty-third District —Carlos C.
Douglas. 4.102; C. A. Snover, 5,018;
Wfill E. Mack, 332; Frank Hrobsky,
3T7>; Snover's plurality, 916.
Twenty-fifth District —W. N. Dan
iel* 4,882; W. W. Albers, 5,076; Al
bors’ plurality, 194.
Twenty-seventh District —John M
True. 4,818; Clarence S. Powell, 3,173;
James M. Blackley, 293; True’s plu
rality. 1,645.
Thirty-third Dlstrtcb-G. E. H-eyt
6.544; William Schinners. 4.932; Bus
tiive A. Volght, 798; Hoyt’s plurality,
612.
Lectures at Drug Show.
S. A. Eckstein, president of the
Milwaukee Pharmaceutical assocla
tion, and E. G. Raeuber of the Wis
consin Pbarmacal company returned
from a conference with Prof. Edward
i Kremer of the pharmacy college and
; Prof. Deuuiston of the biological de
-1 partment of the University of Wls,
consin and brought the assurance of
the university official* that an edu
! cational lecture course with lllus
| trated slides would be conducted dur.
i ing the pure drug show In the Audi
j torium by lecturers of the university
| extension course.
...
Wisconsin Pensions.
Wisconsin pensions granted: Byron
i Babcock, sls; Alfred E. Burdick. sls;
! David D. Davis. sls: Hubert Fede--
i meyer, S2O; George W Fowler, S2O;
j Mary A. Martin, sl2; Alice A. San*
I born, sl2; Augustus Shultz. sl2;
Sarah L. Benjamin I-ang. sls; Anna
• Maria Rath. sl2; Henry H. Wood.
sls.
Case Tests Utility Law.
In a supreme court case of the
state against the Kenosha Electric
Railway company, the constitutiona’-
ity of the public utility law has been
attacked.
The railway attorneys charge that
the right of the commission to decide
whether anew public utility can he
. arted in any city, where there is one
in operation, is unconstitutional be
cause it is giving away a legislative
function.
The state argues that this function
Is administrative.
What the Campaign Cost.
George E. Beedle. unsuccessful can
didate for the Republican nomin&tiot
for member of congress before th*
September primary election In the
Eighth district, certifies to Secretary
of State Frear that he spent in that
campaign $2,002.05, of which $676 was
expended by his campaign manager,
i c. H. Sr.wyer. principally for workers,
office expenses and entertainment
Advertising constituted the greatet
part of ths other expend'tnres.
William Knight of Bayfield. Repub
, lican nominee, spent $550.25.
DEATH COMES TO COUNT
TOLSTOI AT ASTAPOVA
Wife and Children Present When End
Comes—Still Under Ban
of Church.
Astopova.—Surrounded by his wife,
children. Doctor Makovetsky and the
other attending physicians. Count Leo
Tolstoi passed away peacefully in the
lonesome little railway station of the
town.
Efforts of the church to gather the
famous reformer into its folds ef
fect'd nothing, as neither side
yielded.
Several of the physicians were
greatly overcome by the approaching
death of Russia’s great writer.
His heart beat its last apparently
without a clear moment to enable
him to say farewell or cast a forgiv
ing look upon his wife and children.
1 Tolstoi, accompanied only by Doctor
Makovetsky, left his home at Yasnaya
Poliana for the purpose of ending his
days in solitude, to which he more
and more inclined during his later
rear*. His pilgrimage led him to
Count Leo Tjlstol.
the monastery at Shamardine, in the
province of Kaluga, where he re
mained as the guest of his sister,
Marie, who is a nun in the cloister.
Learning that his retreat had been
discovered, he Insisted upon proceed
ing on his Journey to the Caucasus,
where he hoped to spend his last days
close to the Tolstoian colony on the
shores of the Black Sea.
But during the railroad Journey he
was overcome with exhaustion and
the cold, and Doctor Makovetsky was
compelled to have him transferred to
the flag station at Astapova, where
he was made as comfortable as pos
sible In the rude wooden building.
For five days he had lain there suf
ferlng first from bronchitis and later
from Inflammation of the lungs. Spe
cialists were called from Moscow and
other places, but notwithstanding
their utmost efforts, the heart of the
great Russian responded but feebly
to the restoratives and stimulants ad
ministered.
Count Lyof Nikolaivltch Tolstoi,
usually called Count Leo Tolstoi, nov
elist and social reformer, was born
August 28, 1828, at Yasnaya Poliana,
In the province of Tula, Russia.
When twenty-three years old Tol
stoi entered the army and served In
the Caucasus and In the defense of
Sevastopol against the British and
French allied forces. He first made
a reputation in literature by a series
of vivid sketches written from Se
vastopol, and when he left the army,
soon after the Crimean war, he de
voted himself entirely to literature.
Tolstoi several times was threat
ened with expulsion from Russia, and
several times, according to report,
was upon the point of being exiled;
but he seemed on the whole to have
been treated with unusual leniency,
in view of his strongly pronounced
views, especially as set forth In a
manifesto entitled "The People's
Rights," his criticisms of imperial
acts and his open letters to the em
peror. He was, however, expelled
from Moscow In July, 1901, and since
had resided at Yasnaya Poliana.
PAY HONOR TO MISS WILLARD.
Member* W. C. T. U. Deposit Flowers
at Foot of Leader's Statue.
Washington. Around the statue
of Frances E. Willard, which
i the state of Illinois had placed in the
| nation’s Hall of Fame at the capitol,
: 500 members of the National Wom
en s Christian Temperance union.
| which is in convention in Baltimore,
i gathered to pay a tribute to their
noted leader.
The principal feature of the gath
ering was an address by Miss Anna
A. Gordon, vice-president general at
j large of the W. C. T. U.
At the conclusion of Miss Gordon's
! eulogy, as the chorus of “America”
resounded through the hall, each
j member of the Illinois delegation
! passed by the statue and deposited a
flower at the feet of the leader of
their cause.
Democrats Have Lead of 63.
Washington. —The Democratic rep
resentation in the next house will be
227. as against 163 Republicans and
one Socialist, according to the roster
of the house published Tuesday.
These figures give the Democrats a
majority of 63 and a plurality of 64.
Insane Woman Freed of Murder.
Sturgis, S D. —Mrs. Nellie McMahon,
who has been on trial for the murder
of Ira W. Thomas, a prominent attor
ney of this city, was acquitted Tues
day, the jury finding her insane.
Inventor Gets Rich Reward.
San Francisco—-The first payment
of a total of *17,000,000 which is to
be turned over to George Gates, a
seventy-year-old G. A. R veteran of j
San Jose, who invented the concrete i
railroad tie. is now in escrow In the !
Crocker National bank. A syndicate I
of eastern railroads has been formed
to buy the patent rights of the San j
Jose man and *500.000 was given to
him when the contract was signed
Tuesday and by January 2 1911. the
total of *17,000,000 will bo placed to
his account
RAID STOCK FIRMS.
Burr Brothers and Continental Wire
less Heads Arrested.
New York. —Postmaster General
Hitchcock took personal charge of
raids on two eoncerns c'arged with
using th e mails to defraud the
public out of over $40,000,000 by
selling stock on t' e promise of
enormous dividends. The offices
raided were those of Burr Brothers.
Inc., and the Continental Wireless
Telegraph and Telephone company.
Sheldon H. Burr, president of Burr
Brothers; Eugene H. Burr, secretary
and treasurer of the firm, and Frank
H. Tobey, its vice-president, were ar
rested in the first raid and held in
$20.000 bail each. The government
charges that the firm sold between
$40,000,000 and $50,000,000 of mining
and oil stock worth little or nothing.
Charles L. Vaughan, a director of
the Continental Wireless Telegraph &
Telephone company, incorporated in
Arizona, was taken in the second raid
and held in SIO,OOO bail. Inspectors
say his company has sold stock to the
amount of at least $1,000,000 which
has brought in no return to the In
vestors. Vaughan is treasurer of the
Columbia Finance company, which
acts as fiscal agent for the Continen
tal company.
Both raids are further evidence that
the government means business and
no longei will be content with issuing
fraud orders denying them the use of
the mails, but will press for convic
tions on criminal charges.
Postmaster General Hitchcock esti
mates that tie public has been
fleeced out of at least $100,000,000 by
get-rich-quick concerns in the last
five years, but fays their hey-day has
gone, and said that other arrests, in
volving corporations that have sought
investors the length and breadth of
the country are expected shortly.
TELLS OF PROGRESS ON CANAL.
Report of Isthmian Commissioners
Shows Work Advancing Rapidly,
Washington.—Signs that the Pan
ama canal is moving rapidly along to
completion are contained in the an
nual report of the isthmtan canal
commission for the year ending June
30, 1910, which has just been made
public.
The construction of the lock gate*
has been contracted for and will be
completed by June 1, 1913. These
contracts have been awarded to the
McClintic-Marshall Construction com
pany of Pittsburg, Pa., their bid for
the entire work being $5,374,474.82.
Of the $375,201,000, which it is es
timated it will cost to build the canal,
there remains only $127,199,531.42 to
be appropriated. The total classified
expenditures for canal work to June
30, 1910, amounted to $191.258,113.93,,
of which $31,188,426.37 were the net
expenditures during the fiscal year
covered by this report.
The health conditions on the Isth
mus are reported by the chief sanitary
officer as an improvement over those
of the preceding year. The total ad
missions to hospitals and sick camps.
Including those sick In quarters, netted
for the year 26,539. The daily average
of sick was 23.01 out of every 1,000
employed, as against 23.49 for the pre
ceding year. The total number of
deaths among employees was 548,
equivalent to an average of 10.84 per
I,
HENRY MARTIN HOYT IS DEAD.
Counsellor of State Department Suc
cumbs to Attack of Peritonitis.
Washington.—Henry M. Hoyt, coun
sellor of the state department, died
here of peritonitis after an illness of
only four days.
Mr. Hoyt was graduated from Yale
in President Taft's class, 1878. Mr.
Hoyt had just concluded the prelim
inary work at Ottawa for the reci
procity treaty between the United
States and Canada. He held the po
sition of solicitor general at the de
partment of Justice, in which he was
succeeded a year ago by tl e lato
Lloyd Bowers. He was if the legal
caliber which entitled him to consid
eration bv the resident for a position
on the S tireme bench. President
Taft had an eminently high regard
for Mr. Hoyt and he was placed in
the state department by the president
to deal with some of the grave prob
lems which are now before it.
LEEDS’ WIDOW EVICTS KIN.
Personal Belongings of Fernj Park
hurst Removed From Mansion.
New York. Mrs. Nonnie Stew
art Leeds, widow of William B.
Leeds, the “tin plate king.” who left
her $30,000,000, was the woman be
hind the scenes in another eviction
that took place at the big Stewart
mansion in Montclair. N. J. All the
personal belongings of Miss Kerne
Parkhurst, Miss Leeds’ sister-in-law,
were removed from the bouse by stor
age men. Mrs. Stewart's lawyer re
ceived from Mrs. Leeds' lawyer the re
ceipt from the storage-house. This
was the first knowledge Mrs. Stewart
and her daughter had that the latter's
possessions had been removed.
Slays Four of Family.
Maryville Mo. —Oda Hubbell. a far
mer near Barnard, Mo., and his wife
I and two children were shot and killed
! at their home Sunday night by an
i unidentified person, who set fire to
their house to ccneea! the crime.
Fire Destroys Mail Car.
Schenectady, N. Y.—Fire in a mail
car here Monday destroyed a large
portion of the contents. The blaze
| was in a through car from Boston
j filled with papers and other mail
| bound for San Francisco.
: McVey Knocks Out Battling Johnson.
Paris. —Sam McVey, the colored
; heavyweight. Saturday knocked out
j Battling Jim Johnson In the twenty
i first round of a fight for the cham
! pionship of Europe. Many American
1 bluejackets saw the fight.
—
Edgemont. 111., Has SBO,OOO Fire.
East St. Louis. 111.—A fire which de
stroyed 'le only business block In
| Edgemont, 111-, half way between East
St. Louis and Belleville. Saturday,
caused a loss estimated to be about
SBO,OOO.